Petzold C. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software

2nd Edition. — Pearson Education, 2023. — 480 p. — ISBN: 9780137909261, 9780137909100.Computers are everywhere – most obviously in our laptops and smartphones, but also in our cars, televisions, microwave ovens, alarm clocks, robot vacuum cleaners, and other smart appliances. Have you ever wondered what goes on inside these devices to make our lives easier but occasionally more infuriating?Best Friends.
Codes and Combinations.
Braille and Binary Codes.
Anatomy of a Flashlight.
Communicating Around Corners.
Logic with Switches.
Telegraphs and Relays.
Relays and Gates.
Our Ten Digits.
Alternative 10s.
Bit by Bit by Bit.
Bytes and Hexadecimal.
From ASCII to Unicode.
Adding with Logic Gates.
Is This for Real?
But What About Subtraction?
Feedback and Flip-Flops.
Let’s Build a Clock!
An Assemblage of Memory.
Automating Arithmetic.
The Arithmetic Logic Unit.
Registers and Busses.
CPU Control Signals.
Loops, Jumps, and Calls.
Peripherals.
The Operating System.
Coding.
The World Brain.